Alexandra Bracken Quotes - Page 3

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• Nope," he whispered, when I tried to tug it away. "Mine now.

  Alexandra Bracken

  Mines, Ruby Daly

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• Seeing that my words had done absolutely nothing to pull North from whatever depths he was clinging to, Owain did what came naturally. He smacked North upside the head hard enough to send him sprawling into the window. And when it seemed that North would turn around and return the favor, Owain hit him again, harder.

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  Depth, Done, Favors

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• Genet raised his hand, and I squeezed my eyes shut, sure I would be receiving the worst backhanded slap of my life. Genet froze and whimpered, but didn't back away. "Oh, ho," said a familiar voice. "That was close !" I opened my eyes as North's free hand - the one that hadn't caught Genet's wrist - gently pulled my arm free. I pushed myself away from both of them. "You interrupt my business ?" Genet sputtered. "Do you know what this wench just accused me of being ?" "A filthy pig," North said good-naturedly. "But there's only one filthy pig allowed in her life, and the position's been filled.

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  Eye, Pigs, Hands

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• The thing is...what they don't tell you about forgiveness is this-you don't give it for the other person's sake, but your own.

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  Giving, Sake, Persons

  Alexandra Bracken (2016). “In the Afterlight”, p.196, Hachette UK

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• A moment later, Liam's bright blue eyes opened, and he was seeing me. He just wasn't seeing Ruby.

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  Eye, Blue, Rubies

  Alexandra Bracken (2016). “The Darkest Minds”, p.516, Hachette UK

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• But there was another, secret Ruby. This one was as thin as a wisp of air, and had struggled for so long just to be. This was the one that Liam carried with him, without knowing. The one that would ride in his back pocket, whisper words of encouragement, tell him he was born to chase the light.

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  Encouragement, Light, Air

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• Oh, I'm sorry," Chubs said, 'apparently the middle of my sentence interrupted the beginning of yours. Do continue.

  Alexandra Bracken

  Sorry, Middle, Said

  Alexandra Bracken (2016). “Never Fade”, p.399, Hachette UK

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• Well, have you ever thought of bathing?' I asked, turning away. 'No one wants to hire a wizard who smells worse than their outhouse. And who knows what creatures are living in that hair?

  Alexandra Bracken

  Hair, Smell, Wizards

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• It feels like we should do something," he said. "Like, send her off on a barge out to sea and set her on fire. Let her go out in a blaze of glory." Chubs raised an eyebrow. "It's a minivan, not a Viking.

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  Sea, Eyebrows, Fire

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• I hugged him without any kind of fear or self-consciousness, fiercely, with a rush of emotion that almost brought tears to my eyes. "I could kiss you!" Chubs cried. "Please don't!" I gasp out, feeling his arms tighten around my ribs to the point of cracking them.

  Alexandra Bracken

  Eye, Kissing, Self

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• Maybe nothing will ever change for us,” he said. “But don’t you want to be around just in case it does?

  Alexandra Bracken

  Doe, Want, Said

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• No spinning," I said. I wasn't sure my head or heart could take it. Up close, he was so warm, and so beautiful. I was already dizzy enough.

  Alexandra Bracken

  Beautiful, Heart, Spinning

  Alexandra Bracken (2016). “The Darkest Minds”, p.368, Hachette UK

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• Where in the world did you get that dress?" "Present from Zu." "You look like you want to throw it in a fire." "I can't promise there won't be an unfortunate accident later on.

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  Fire, Promise, Dresses

  Alexandra Bracken (2016). “The Darkest Minds”, p.221, Hachette UK

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• If there was one good thing that came out of all this, it was that I got to meet you. I would go through it all again - I would, as long as it meant I'd met you.

  Alexandra Bracken

  Long, Good Things, Mets

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• He's just like a stallion. Wild and kicking on the outside, but a heart soft as satin on the inside. Just waiting for the right girl to break him in.

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  Girl, Heart, Waiting

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• Why are you so weird?" "Because my weird has to be able to cancel out your weird, Lady Cross-stitch." "At least what I do is considered an art form." "Yes, in ye olde medieal Europse you would've been quite the catch-

  Alexandra Bracken

  Art, Stitches, Able

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• I can't make it fade.

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  Fades, I Can

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• Everyone is just making the choices they think will help them get by.

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  Thinking, Choices, Helping

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• Sometimes you're the one speeding along in a panic, doing too much, not paying attention, wrecking things you don't mean to. And sometimes life just happens to you, and you can't dodge it. It crashes into you because it wants to see what you're made of.

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  Mean, Attention, Want

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• I was just an okay person.

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  Okay, Persons

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• You are actually the worst person I have ever met.

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  Worst Person, Mets, Worst

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• Ghosts don't haunt people--their memories do.

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  Memories, People, Ghost

  Alexandra Bracken (2016). “Never Fade”, p.117, Hachette UK

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• He doesn't bring many girls round unless they're part of a job - but also 'cause his smell can sometimes kill kittens.

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  Girl, Jobs, Smell

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• It was almost painful, I thought, to have a heart so swollen with gratitude and what must have been pure, untainted happiness. I wanted to live inside the feeling forever.

  Alexandra Bracken

  Gratitude, Heart, Forever

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• It's in our blood to start again.

  Alexandra Bracken

  Blood

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